Research Areas:
Growth & Governance (Business Groups, Multinationals and Creative Industries)

Recent Consulting:
3M India, Intel Corporation, ITC Ltd, Raymond Limited, Carborandum Universal Limited, Virtusa Corporation

Academic Positions:

IIM Bangalore: 1992- present

Harry Reynolds Visiting International Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA

Visiting Professor INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

Visiting Professor, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA

Corporate Leadership:

Redington (India) Limited, Chairman of the Board

Aditya Auto Products & Engineering, Chairman of the Board

Reliance Communications Limited, Member of the Board

Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, Member of the Board

MVA Group International, USA, Member of the Board

Indofil Industries Limited, Member of the Board 

Public Sector Leadership:

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Member, Editorial Board

Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, Member, Governance Council

Awards:

- European Foundation of Management Development [EFMD]- Best Case, 2012

- Academy of Management USA, International Management Division - IMD FDC Best Paper in Strategy / IB Theory, 2011

- Academy of Management, USA - Best Paper, 2012, 2011, 2008

- Bain & Company, India - Bain Fellow, 2011

- Best Case Study in Corporate Social Responsibility, IIMB-Tata Steel Award, 2008

- Academy of Management, USA - Carolyn Dexter Award Nominee, 2008

- Strategic Management Society USA - Runner Up, Best Conference Proposal , 2008

- Central & East European Management Development Association [CEEMAN]- Best Case, 2008

- Association of Indian Management Schools [ AIMS] - Best Case, 2008, 2005, 2003

- Association of Management Development Institutions of South Asia [AMDISA] - Best Case, 1998

- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Best Teacher Awards

Significant Publications:

Papers

- Legitimacy Beyond Borders: Indian Software Services Firms in the United States, 1984 - 2004 [with Anirvan Pant], Global Strategy Journal, forthcoming.

- The Park Hotels: Communicating Experience [with Seema Gupta], Asian Case Research Journal, forthcoming.

- Building the BOP Producer Ecosystem: The Evolving Engagement of Fabindia with Indian Handloom Artisans [with Anirvan Pant & Saroj Pani], Journal of Product Innovation Management, Volume 29, No. 1, 33-51, 2012.

- Growth and persistence of business groups in emerging markets: Towards solving the puzzle [with KS Manikandan], Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 2012

- How do subsidiaries confront institutional duality? Identity claims at Hindustan Lever 1961-2009 [with Anirvan Pant], Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 2011

- The liabilities of origin: An emerging economy perspective on the costs of doing business abroad [with Anirvan Pant], In Devinney, TM, Pedersen, T & L Tihanyi, Advances in International Management: The Past, Present and Future of International Business and Management, Volume 23, New York, NY: Emerald, 2010.

- Research in emerging economies: Reading small type in dim light in a speeding train? [with Anirvan Pant and Srinivas Gunta] Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 2008.

- Network of Relationships in the Indian Software Industry: A Novel Business Ecosystem? [with Sourav Mukherji], in A.Corrallo, G.Passiante, A. Prencipe (eds) The Digital Business Ecosystem. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 103-116, 2007.

- Outsourcing: Practice in Search of a Theory[with Sourav Mukherji],, IIMB Management Review, Vol 19, 103-110, 2007

Conference Papers

- "Regulatory Punctuation, State Uncertainty and Firm Strategic Behavior: Evidence from India" [with Shaleen Gopal]. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, October 7-9, 2012.

- "Leading the G-Form Organization: The Role of Group Headquarters in Indian Business Groups" [with Manikandan, K.S & Pant, A.] Academy of Management Annual Meeting,  San Antonio, USA, August 12-16, 2011.

- "Beyond Institutional Voids: The 'Organizational Advantage' of Business Groups"[with Manikandan, K.S], Academy of Management Annual Meeting, San Antonio, USA, August 12-16, 2011.

- "Opening the Black Box: Growth of Business Groups"[with Manikandan, K.S], Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada,2010

- "Ownership Structure, Context, and Firm Diversification: An Analysis of Emerging Economy Firms" [with Shaleen Gopal & Rejie George, P]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2010.

- "For Whose Sake - The Nation, The Corporation, Or the Self? Agency Theory and the Country Manager" [with Anirvan Pant & Mukta Kulkarni]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, 2009.

- "Geography is not history - The influence of location on the westward journey of Indian multinational enterprises" [ with Anirvan Pant]. Strategic Management Society, India Special Conference (Hyderabad), 2008.

- 8. "Emerging Economy International New Ventures: the Quest for Legitimacy" [with Anirvan Pant], Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, USA, 2008.

- Indian Multinationals in the 21st Century: Fresh Perspectives on Strategy & Organization.  Keynote Address, 11th Annual Convention of the Strategic Management Forum of India, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, 2008

- The Role of Trust in Governing Customer-Supplier Relationships in Indian Software Offshore Development Centres [with Amarendra Kumar & Sourav Mukherji], 4th Workshop on Trust Within and Between Organizations, European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2007

Cases:

- ITC Limited: India First. [ with Manikandan, K.S]. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2010

- The Park Hotels: Designing Experience [with Seema Gupta]. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2010

- British Fashion Council: Shaping an Industry [with Shubha Patvardhan] . Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2009

- Hidesign: Designing an International Brand [with Shubha Patvardhan] Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2008

- Fabindia: Crafting Success [with Shubha Patvardhan]. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2008

- Cognizant Technology Solutions: Seamless Integration [with Pranav Garg]. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore..2007.

- Bajaj Auto Limited: Distinctly Ahead [ with Anirvan Pant]. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 2007.